**FILE** Vice President Joseph R. Biden (center) and Sen. John McCain (right), Arizona Republican, offer their condolences on the death of the late Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud to Saudi Foreign minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 27, 2011. Biden is leading an American delegation in the Saudi capital to offer condolences to King Abdullah after the death of the kingdom's second in line for the throne. (Associated Press)